Horse-detacher



(No Model.)

Jfo. FOWLER.

HORSE DETAGHER. No. 372,528. Patented Nov. I 1887.

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WITNESSES IJV'VEJVTOR d lua 1 N. PETERS. PholoLnhngl-mphnr. Wzmvmgum. l1 c4 J a face view of my whiflletree.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH O. FOVLER, OF GHANEYVILLE, MARYLAND.

HORSE-DETACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part 01' Letters Patent No. 372,528, dated November 1, 1887.

Serial No. 238,760. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Josnrrr O. FOWLER, a citizen of the United States, rtsiding at Chaneyville, in the county of Calvert and State of Maryland, haveinvented certain new and use ful Improvements in Detaching-\Vhiftletrees; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Myinvention consists of a detachingwhiffictree, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is Fig. 2 is asection thereof on the line or m, Fig. Fig. 3 is a section on the line y y, Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

In the accompanying drawings my \vhiftletree is represented at A, Fig. 1, with the detaching-wires B B thereon. These Wires have hooks 2), working in the eyes a, to hold the traces securely on the eyes at the end of the Whifflet-ree, or to push the traces free from the whiffletree, and thus detach the horses.

At the center of the whifiletree is aslide, 0, having a double or V-shaped cam for the purpose of working the detaching-wiresB B as follows: Theslide Chas a notch,c,on its under side, which engages with catch D, and thus locks the slide, which is pressed down by thespring E. The chain or wire F passes through the eye or guide G within the reach of the driver. Bya slightpullon this wire theslideCis raised, and thus unlocked, and then a further pull brings the double orV-shaped eaminto action, and thus moves the wires B B and detaches the horses by tripping the traces.

Having described my invention, what I claim In a horsedetaehing device, the slide O,provided with a catch or l0ck,in combination with the wire or chain F, substantially as set forth.

JOSEPH (l. FOWLER.

\Vitnesses:

LEROY L. CHANEY, J OIIN E. PLUMMER. 

